Obit of Ward Jr, Clarence (w630) - Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 6 May 2004 Return to Pottawatomie County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/pottawatomie/pottawatomie.htm ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Bakersfield Californian Clarence Ward Jr. Junior was born June 9, 1933 in Asher, Oklahoma to Clarence and Vera Ward. He passed away October 16, 2001 at the age of 68 at home in Wellton, Arizona. Junior was raised in Oklahoma and came with his family to Kern County and Weedpatch, Ca. in 1948. As a young man Jr. worked in the crop fields, and crop sheds around Bakersfield and Lamont, Ca. Junior did an Army tour in Germany. After the Army, Jr. got married and went to work at Calcot Ltd. in the compress for many years. (He also worked for Kirschenmann Farms Inc.) In 1974 Jr. left California to start a cotton Rood Business in Wellton, Arizona and was still running it till his untimely death. Junior was preceded in death by his father, Clarence (Red) Ward who passed away in 1999, brother, Cecil, who passed away in 1999, and brother, Willis Allen, who passed away in 1988. He is survived by his mother, Vera of Bakersfield, his wife Billie Faye of Wellton, Arizona, two daughters Vickie West of Tehachapi, Ca and Debbie Solorio of Yuma, Arizona. Three brothers Eddie Ward, Paul Ward, Richard Ward all of Bakersfield, Ca. and one sister Karen Olguin of Bakersfield, as well as several grandchildren. A celebration of life will be held Friday, October 19, 2001 from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm at 9201 Chinook Ave., Bksfld., Ca 93312 Bakersfield Californian -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Pottawatomie County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/pottawatomie/pottawatomie.htm